I think if you read the post correctly you will see i note the chairman's backing of the club in a "good" manner.

However, if Rovers is truly about the fans as the chairman is fond of saying, then there should be an element of accountability, the chairman took a deliberate decision to end this accountability when buying up the majority of shares and ceasing AGMS and so forth...no shareholder aside from the gang of three has any say at all now. So therefore the entire buck stops there, there is no skirting round this.

They have gotten some major decisions wrong over the last few years in my opinion , an open discussion might make future decisions better. There is nothing wrong with supporters questioning whether their leadership and decision makers are on the right track especially when they have very little RL experience between them and are, for example , easily suckered in by known con-artists.

The last few pages are a sad reflection on both clubs youth policies in the not too distant past. Fortunately, both clubs seem to be on a road to recovery.

Hull have suffered from years of under-investment in their youth and the board not really giving a damn. We only did 'well' prior to that due to Rovers not in direct competition, and us reaping the benefits of the city being a hot-bed without us having to do much.

The last real crop to come through was the Houghton, Washbrook, Wheeldon, Hall, Lee etc crop - who some, despite maybe coming through after 2007 when Rovers were promoted, were still a legacy of our monopoly in the city.

Rovers may as well write off pre-2007. It's pretty much irrelevant to this 'debate' as the funds simply wouldn;t have been there, and prmotion was the ultimate goal. Like Hull, in those years following promotion, youth wasn't at the top of the priorities list.

Things are changing though. Both sides seem to have a sprinkling of players that have come through their youth setups established in their first team, as well as a number of promising yougsters getting the odd game with a view to bringing them on slowly.

Good post.

What does that even mean?

"Good post".

Yes, well done you, wasn't subscribing to the Wankers Charter.

Lovely.

We'll get along swimmingly for here on in.

Have a Jelly Baby.

I presume being a gold member is based on the number of posts not on their quality.

Wasn't he the Dutch bloke who ate his own skin?